August 25, 2007

Vladimir Putin, you're so dreamy!
posted by HawthorneWingo 16 years ago
  • At least they didn't airbrush out his love handles...
  • That fcukin murdering pedo psycho.
  • *sigh*
  • I must admit I never saw him as anything but a politician in a suit. hmmmm.... Not bad for an old guy.
  • "...well-known as a downhill skier" Hmm, I've heard of uphill gardeners, but this euphemism is new to me.
  • He's such a Putain...
  • I mentioned these pics to Mr. meredithea, noting that I was surprised he was in such decent shape. Mr. meredithea was unsurprised, though, because apparently Putin has a black belt in Judo.
  • "Putin has appeared on national television driving a truck, operating a train, sailing on a submarine and copiloting a fighter jet." "All these exploits have been widely publicized, thanks to the Kremlin's control of major media." Ooo... how sinister. Good thing our government doesn't have control of major media- otherwise we'd have to look at staged, manipulative pictures of OUR national leaders copiloting military aircraft in ridiculous getups.
  • > That fcukin murdering pedo psycho. + dwarf > "...well-known as a downhill skier" > Hmm, I've heard of uphill gardeners, but this euphemism is new to me. I think to distinguish with cross-country, which is apparently hardcore. Putin's an ass, and his paps look flabby to me.
  • Copulating a jet fighter, what?
  • "Putin has appeared on national television driving a truck, operating a train, sailing on a submarine and copiloting a fighter jet." And lookin' a heck of a lot sexier at it than Bush!
  • A sack of potatoes look a heck of a lot sexier than Bush.
  • It’s a fascinating phenomenon, though. Physical vigor in a leader was important in the days when kings rode into battle with their men, but many of us still crave seeing it now that it doesn’t have practical real-world applications. In the U.S., for example, it’s argued that the real decision-making comes from the pasty, doughy fellow whose heart has a sell-by date of 1995, and yet it’s still seen as important that Bush is a jogger with a clean colon. Is it the whole “mens sana in corpore sano” bugaboo rearing its head? Personally, I wouldn’t care if my country’s leader had the body of a Keith Richards, as long as I could count on his mind being sound.
  • ...yet it’s still seen as important that Bush is a jogger with a clean colon... ...count on his mind being sound. Well there you have it. Bush shuffles around a little, and the media plays it up as his being 'a jogger'--not! He's so into health that he can't even walk and pull his clubs around the course. And instead of a postprandial walk, he uses 'Golf Cart One.' His mind's as clean as his colon--and fills up with shit just as regularly. Don't kid yourself, he's not in any great shape. Everything posed (and thus photoshopped) looks much better than his impromptu photo takes. Tailored suits and sweats hide lots of tire. Found links in 18 second google. I'm sure other people can find more.
  • I think part of the thing about being healthy is making it through four years without snuffing it, or requiring multiple hospitalizations during which said leader would be out of contact.
  • A few acceptable knee-jerk reactions are: Hide the man-tits! That fcukin murdering pedo psycho! Them's some Urkel fatigues.
  • making it through four years without snuffing it But there were so many of us that willing to assist...
  • But that's my point, GramMa - it doesn't matter if he really IS healthy, as long as he has the IMAGE of being so. It's all part of the same mindset that made Kennedy hide his chronic pain so hard for so long.
  • We were ALL holding our breath when the pretzel went down.
  • Don't want to spread widespread panic. "OMG teh prez is gunna snuff it." Markets crash, panic ensues, blah blah blah.
  • Putin don't need no steenking Diebold.